Austin (WBAP/KLIF News) – Female business leaders held a rally outside the Texas Capitol Tuesday, opposing a measure that would restrict transgender bathroom use. The bill has passed the state Senate but has not been scheduled for a hearing in the House. “These bathroom bills are distracting,” says JJ Davis, a vice president at Dell.…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – A 9-month-old baby was found dead at a Fort Worth home Monday night. According to the Fort Worth Police Department, an Officer was dispatched to 600 block Woodpecker Lane on an Unconscious Person. Crimes Against Children Unit Detectives found in their investigation that the infant died from injuries while sleeping in a car…… MORE
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Collin County Health Department has confirmed a human case of West Nile Virus. Officials say the Frisco resident has recovered from the Neuroinvasive form of the virus. The report marks the city’s first human case this season. Collin County health officials alerted Frisco staff about the case in the 75035 zip code. The patient…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A record-setting amount of rain has fallen in parts of Texas, knocking out power to thousands, flooding streets and forcing high-water rescues. Officials in Houston urged motorists to stay home today until the water recedes after six inches of rain fell across much of Harris County. Authorities are warning motorists of…… MORE
Houston (AP) – A funeral will be held Wednesday in Houston for Former Texas Governor Mark White, who died over the weekend at the age of 77. White’s funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Second Baptist Church. Former President George W. Bush is among those speaking at services. On Thursday, White’s body…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — A group of professors from the University of Texas at Arlington is developing a computer program to stop the spread of fake news. Or, as UTA computer science professor Christoph Csallner explains, the spreading of automatically generated content. He says the inspiration behind the software comes from the 2016 presidential campaign…… MORE
LANCASTER (WBAP/KLIF News) — Lancaster Police have arrested the man who was caught on video pointing his gun at a woman on I-35E in Lancaster during a road rage incident last week. 49-year-old Joseph Sida was charged on Tuesday with deadly conduct, a Class A misdemeanor. He turned himself in to Lancaster Police Monday afternoon and told…… MORE
AVINGER, Texas (AP) – A third Boy Scout has died from injuries suffered when a sailboat struck an overhanging power line on a lake east of Dallas. Texas Parks & Wildlife spokesman Steve Lightfoot says the 11-year-old Scout died Monday. He was hospitalized in Shreveport, Louisiana, following the accident Saturday. The boy was sailing in…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Some Texas football teams are starting up practices today and one local brain expert said kids and parents need to be careful. Doctor Brandon Brock of The Cerebrum Health Center said not every football player will get the brain disease chronic traumatic encepholapathy, commonly known as CTE, but they do need to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police have arrested a third person in connection with the brutal beating of a passenger that occurred on a DART train on Sunday, July 30th. The girl, a juvenile, was seen wearing red in a video of the fight posted to social media. DART officials said the she was…… MORE
